Carnelian

@Carnelian@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hollow Knight: Silksong Dev Fuels Nintendo Switch 2 Direct Fever With a Picture of a Chocolate Cake⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The silksong community is one of my favorite of all time for years now. Every couple of weeks a new “theme” of insane shitposting evolves. Most fun and creative silly posting I’ve ever seen.

  One common post is “_____ every day until silksong comes out”. People are doing fanart challenges, one guy posts a video of himself petting a cat every day which is very popular. The cat had to get a surgery at one point and needed a cone but was fine.

  It’s not just noise. It brings people a lot of joy. There’s been several posts over the years from people basically grieving the potential loss/change of the community once the game actually drops. I’ll miss it, too

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hollow Knight: Silksong Dev Fuels Nintendo Switch 2 Direct Fever With a Picture of a Chocolate Cake⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  No no it’s good, this is actually better than them making a proper announcement. Community loves this shit.

  Quick summary:

  Dev changes name, handle, and pfp on twitter. Posts a cryptic message about keeping your eyes closed tomorrow.

  Reverse image search of pfp leads to a recipe released April 2nd

  Cryptic message appears to be a reference to an Imagine Dragons thing from April 2nd

  “Tomorrow” was interpreted as being related to the big switch 2 reveal, launching April 2nd

  The name and handle also appear to be references to things having to do with April 2nd

  The community is ablaze right now. Without a hint of irony: there is more genuine belief in the game actually coming out this time than there was before the original delay was announced in 2023, back when we had an official release date

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨**SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT**⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Slamming ctrl+P and reading the print preview works in many cases as well

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Report: Switch 2 Announcement Expected This Week⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Silksong launch title?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Time to make your decesion⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So the salt crystal deodorants are potassium alum, which has been used for thousands of years for various things. It’s a naturally occurring rock, and people found it has mild antiseptic properties and stop small cuts from bleeding. It’s a popular aftershave for that reason, commonly available for purchase as an “alum block”.

  When used as a deodorant, what’s actually happening is you’re creating a salty layer on your skin that bacteria can’t form on. (No idea how that works out in practice, I use actual deodorant lol). And indeed it is used in many actual deodorants for that exact purpose

  HOWEVER, and I want to mention this not because you said anything wrong but because I have found it to be a source of confusion for many people, it is not the same as the aluminum salts used in antiperspirants. Namely aluminum zirconium and aluminum chlorohydrate. Different chemicals. They function by blocking your pores so the sweat doesn’t release in the first place.

  Many people are concerned, whether or not the concerns are founded, that the antiperspirant aluminums are mired in health risks such as cancer. The alum blocks are not wrapped up in that in any way, other than the fact that they are also used in (and used alone as) deodorant. It’s an interesting little piece of nuance that doesn’t come up much due to the relative non-popularity of the alum blocks

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Treat taking a dump like a sport⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Everybody starts their fitness journey from a different point

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's Mr. Neutron now⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Derek is a pretty awful person, as a heads up.

  Spoilers for nsfw just in case

  Tap for spoiler

  But yeah apart from his ridiculous manosphere misinformation in general (such as telling his audience masturbation causes penal atrophy), he recently read through some laughably, obviously fake Imane Khelif rage bait and concluded that any abuse she receives is completely justified unless she releases scans of her genitals. Is that really where we’re at, Derek? Mandatory public genital scans of any female athlete at the request of any transvestigator? Overall he’s just a pretty serious loser tbh, altho I have to admit taking down Liver King was rad

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I bought an HP Laptop with 8gb of Ram...and was suppose to be 256gb SSD. I downloaded one game and its all the way down to 80. Is there any free software to download to help?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably just a lot of bloatware. When I’ve been in this situation in the past, I did a completely fresh install of windows. Much smaller. Linux can free up even more space.

  There really isn’t anything necessary from HP, but it also depends a lot on your comfort working with the computer so ymmv. I don’t know what’s gonna happen if 3 months down the line you need to call customer support for something. If it were me, I’d be thinking “worst case scenario I can just factory reset”, especially if I had everything important backed up somewhere.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Okami sequel - Project Teaser Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Christmas has come early!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon's first time⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Kissless hugless virgin, also sometimes seen as khhv (kissless, hugless, handholdless virgin)

  It’s like an incel status thing they came up with to further differentiate themselves among their peers. Implying that not only are they sexually inexperienced, but have also never been physically intimate with someone in any way

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Making peace with liking very few games?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Now this is a list! Thank you, based on the few I have played here I can’t wait to check out the rest

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Making peace with liking very few games?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yea! An all time favorite, but I played it a long time ago. I wanted to keep my little list just to recent games. Irl I am very annoying about recommending OW to everyone, as well as its dlc which continued to blow me away

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Making peace with liking very few games?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Lots of people have replied with similar experiences.

  But personally? I’m having the time of my life currently playing tons of new games. I love trying new ones and getting surprised, and maybe falling in love with a genre I hadn’t considered before.

  I feel totally contrary to what others are saying: as I’ve gotten older, I find myself enjoying games way more. My time is more valuable to me now than ever before, so I want to fill it with things that are joyful and meaningful. Often those things are art. Games to me have always been very special in the way they can deliver a powerful artistic experience.

  I think they also have a special power to be blatant disgusting soulless cash grabs, to be fair. As the years go by I feel like many aspects of the industry have become particularly unpalatable. But many studios are still releasing good games, and so far I’ve continued to find joy in seeking them out.

  Not too many people on this post are actually listing games. So, in no particular order, here are some games I absolutely adored that I played recently. Games from the last ~year that have touched and moved me in some way. Experiences I don’t think I’ll forget.

  Sable Chicory: A colorful tale Manifold Garden Signalis OneShot The Talos Principle Night in the Woods Citizen Sleeper Webbed Rusted Moss Armored Core VI Iron Lung Slay the Princess Ghostrunner Mundaun Crosscode Eastward Animal Well Pseudoregalia Dave the Diver Nine Sols Patrick’s Parabox Cocoon Smushi Come Home

  Not to imply that I expect you or anyone else to take a deep look here or to try any of these games. Just wanted to throw my perspective out there, and to show the games in concrete terms that have left an impression and continue to motivate me to keep looking and keep trying more

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nine Sols - Console Launch Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, the mechanics are superb. I also didn’t see it from the trailer, and originally got the game based on the art alone lol.

  But the gameplay feels absurdly good. The main hook I would say is the talisman system. When you parry attacks, you build up charges of what is essentially an explosive that you can then use an another offensive option. Not only that, but it’s applied via a dash, which is a movement option (and can be used to do some cheeky sequence breaking outside of combat, if you’re into that sort of thing in these games). There’s an upgrade tree with several options for it that affect gameplay in a huge way as well.

  Other than that I mean, I just like everything about the game. The story was well constructed and emotional. The characters are well designed, especially the bosses who are not just enemies but important characters in the story. The boss fights themselves as I mentioned. Music got me going. Environments are jaw dropping.

  To give voice to the other commenter who bounced off the game after 4 hours, it has overwhelmingly positive reviews on steam but even among the good reviews a common complaint is that the game takes a fairly long time to spin up. There’s a lengthy linear section before you get some more freedom of exploration, and even then it never becomes the game’s strongest point. It also takes a long time to get certain essential upgrades. I think this is a good thing in terms of boss design, but can feel like somewhat of a slog if you’re experienced with metroidvanias and really just want your basic dash and double jump etc.

  It’s a long game, took me around 40 hours. But I enjoyed it very much in the beginning, and continued to enjoy it more as I progressed and unlocked things. I went in with no expectations however, and was surprised as the game organically developed from “cool little project I’m supporting because I like the genre and the cat is cute”, to “possibly my favorite action game since sekiro”. I hope I’m not doing a disservice by setting expectations too high! But in the end, yes I was left feeling like it was that good

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nine Sols - Console Launch Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This is purely conspiratorial but I think given the studio’s notable previous controversy, they probably excluded it because Wukong has such a prominent presence this year.

  Other than that, yeah it just doesn’t make sense to me. Nine sols has better sales and reviews than other games being honored

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nine Sols - Console Launch Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My GOTY personally. Left a really strong impression. Combat is an absolute joy, and the boss fights are my favorite since Sekiro. Story and atmosphere are incredible, you can at times really feel that this is a studio accustomed to making horror games.

  They totally nailed it, in other words. Great post-release support as well. Can’t wait to see what they do next

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does it seem most people, mainly conservatives, against Trans people? Unless I am wrong I never heard of one shooting up a school church or whatever. The ones I have met have been pretty cool.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Please continue with your rants then, that was the most clear and concise breakdown of events I’ve ever seen. Thank you for writing it up

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has Fast Food Gotten Worse, or Am I Just Getting Old?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Genuinely shocking to me how disgusting fast food places have gotten. But I’m also not sure if it’s just my perception

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not Losing You: a two minute PSA micro-movie supporting trans youth #lgbtqia⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Got me crying pretty bad lol. Seeing love just gently pulling him back to his child despite all of the fear and uncertainty

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Lemmy an effective alternative to Reddit?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I love it and actually prefer it to my old reddit experience for general browsing.

  What isn’t quite there yet is the ability to like, sit down all day and scroll and post in a community dedicated to my current hyperfixation of the week. Be it guitar maintenance, some indie game, or whatever.

  But reddit also didn’t have that when I started using it. Excited to hang here and watch the garden grow

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how is final fantasy XVI⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly I’ve done just about everything over the years except ultimates (I play with IRL friends and I’m happy if we can clear a savage tier lol)

  If I had to pick a “main” activity I think it would be parsing tbh, I really enjoy chasing the numbers. I level up all jobs and also try to perfect at least the basic rotation for all of them. I’ll hang out on party finder and jump into extreme farms on off jobs to practice.

  But there’s also been months where I’ve done nothing but like, ocean fishing, diadem, pvp (I love crystal conflict, best part about endwalker to me) and so on. That’s been one of my favorite things about the game; you can get totally wrapped up in a huge project. Almost like you can play the game to take a break from playing the game. Just recently we’ve gotten into treasure maps, super chill

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how is final fantasy XVI⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry, I’m not sure exactly what you’re asking. The games being too similar is an issue, not something I wanted

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how is final fantasy XVI⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I genuinely hate it lol, as do all of my friends IRL.

  We’re all huge into 14, which was produced by the same team. I mention it because there’s a ton of overlap with 14. The cinematography in the cutscenes and even the emotes the characters use feel lifted straight from the older game. The structure of the combat segments is also uncannily similar, they feel a lot like 14 dungeons. So, my group generally felt like the game got stale really quickly, which colored our impression as a whole.

  The moment-to-moment gameplay also feels like a hyper simplified version of the “rotation” system in 14. You have a basic filler combo, and larger more powerful moves that can only be used again after a long cooldown timer. I found it to be under-stimulating, even after unlocking a few more things.

  The story was awesome in the segments covered by the free trial, but then everything after that just kind of slipped off my brain. More than anything, I remember side quests in particular were really boring to the point where it felt like a joke.

  We were really hyped and really really wanted to like the game when we first heard about it, and we were super hyped after playing the demo, but in the end it just felt like a really unpleasant slog to actually play.

  At the same time however I can totally see why people do really enjoy the game. I think it’s a divisive release, and often the people who love/hate it will cite the exact same things but paint them in a different light. I ultimately wouldn’t not recommend the game, I think $50 is a really fair price for it too for what you’re getting

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the differences between unsaturated, saturated, monosaturated, polysaturated, and transaturated fats?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  www.mayoclinic.org/…/art-20045550

  Here is a link based more on nutrition

  The short version is that saturated fats generally have a negative effect on cholesterol, and the recommendation is to limit your intake. They’re popular because they’re found in many animal products, and have useful properties (such as often being solid at room temperature, like butter)

  Then unsaturated fats are pretty much the opposite, whether poly or mono unsaturated. They have a generally positive effect on health. Use these when possible.

  Most sources of fats are a blend of the different types, so don’t worry excessive about it.

  Oh and then trans fats are the worst for you by far and are banned from sale in many places, although you can actually create them in your own kitchen I believe via some methods of deep frying

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Final Fantasy 14 braces for Dawntrail login queues with plans to limit travel and crack down on AFK players⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hopefully things go more smoothly than for Endwalker’s launch! The login issues were so bad they ended up giving all players some free subscription time.

  Supposedly their systems are better prepared now, but we’re still expecting massive queues no matter what. Probably will be impossible to get in if you only have a few hours to play and you work normal hours

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hades II's First Patch Changes How Sprint And Resource Collecting Works⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t have an issue with it before but lots of people in the feedback channel found it frustrating to not be able to gather something they saw. Especially as you basically always need everything

  With the update, the tool you choose actually increases the spawn rate of that type of resource, but you’re able to gather everything regardless of what you bring. So you might get a few things from the other categories, but a lot from the one you prioritize. I don’t mind either system, but I can see why other people felt like the old way felt like you were being punished for taking the wrong tool.

  The consensus overall is that it’s just kind of a better vibe this way, so I dig it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hades II's First Patch Changes How Sprint And Resource Collecting Works⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Absolutely incredible patch imo, I was genuinely nervous about gameplay changes since I really like mel’s movement but they nailed it.

  Basically sprint is just faster by default now, and you can initiate a dash slighter sooner after attacking. I’ve beaten the game a couple times before/after the changes, it hasn’t really changed the way I play but everything is feeling really satisfying and responsive

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nature Valley: 10 bars in 5 packs⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Possibly they can’t be made thicker due to the cooking process?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't Let Your Thoughts Wander⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do we have any studies done on ortholinear keyboards being more ergonomic?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨R.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Apparently just eating an enormous amount of tuna + picked up the worm larva from some undercooked pork!